Corner pocket for mounting photographs and process of making the same



May 6 1924. 1,493,159

M. J. MILMOE CORNER POCKET FOR MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Jan. 51 1923 Fl .1. Fl .5.

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W XJW ATTORNEY Patented Ma 6, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

MICHAEL J. MILMOE, OF GLENELLYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO EASTMAN KODAK COM- PANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CORNER POCKET FOR MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS AND PROCESS OFMAKING THE SAME.

Application filed January 31, 1923. Serial No. 616,173.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J. MILMOE, a citizen of the United States .of America, residing at Glenellyn, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner Pockets for Mounting Photographs ,and Processes of Making the Same, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to corner pockets for use in attaching photographs, cards and the like to the leaves of albums or other mounts. It likewise relates to the process of making such pockets.

One object of the invention is to produce a simple, efiicient and inexpensive corner pocket. Another object of the invention is to provide a process by means of which such a corner pocket can be produced inexpensively. Still another object of the invention is to provide a corner pocket in which the face which is attached to the album page or mount will be substantially flush, so as to permit equal and strong adhesion. A further object of the invention is to provide a pocket in which the supporting flaps that are attached to the mount are strongly held in the desired relation to each other. Still another object of the invention is to provide a corner pocket in which the retention of the supporting flaps in proper relative position is accomplished without unduly thickening the pocket. Still another object of the invention is to provide a process in which the piece for retaining the flaps in the desired relative position will be cut from the blank without a waste of material and assembled in a simple and eflicient manner. Other objects will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a'plan view of one blank that may be used in my rocess;

Fig. 2 is a top p an view of a partially formed pocket derived from said blank;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same partially completed pocket;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the completed pocket;

Fig; 5 is a diagrammatic sectional view upon an exaggerated scale taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modification of my invention;

Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a photograph, card, or the like mounted upon a page of an album or other suitable mount, one edge of. which is shown broken away.

y corner pockets constitute devices which are preferably attached by adhesive to an album page or suitable mount in such a way that the corners of a photograph, card or the like may be slipped into the pockets and thus retained on the mount. These pockets may be made of paper, cloth or other suitable material, but in the preferred form of my invention I use a suitable grade of tough paper of any color and finish, but preferably black.

In the drawing I have shown by way. of example the preferred form of my corner pocket and the method of making it, but it will be understood that my invention is not limited to illustrate details shown therein, except as indicated in the appended claims. I may take a suitable blank 1 which may be rectangular in form. This is folded along the lines 2, 2, preferably at right angles to each other, as shown -in Fig. 1. The result is a partially formed pocket comprising a triangular retainingstrip or top 3 and a pair of supporting flaps t extending from the strip 3 and arranged substan tially parallel therewith. I prefer to have the flaps 4 lie in the same plane with their edges adjacent or abutting each other. Between the strip 3 and the flaps 4 there is formed a triangular retaining space in which the corner of the article to be retained can be slipped It has been found, however, that where the flaps 4 are not attached to each other, so as to be held in definite relation, they tend to spread apart, particularly whenthey are handled hurriedly or carelessly, and this makes it diflicut to attach them quickly and neatly to the album page or mount. Moreover, if they overlap, the portions of the flaps adjacent the overlap tend to separate or pull from the album page slightly during the setting of the adhesive, so as to somewhat weaken the hold. It is important to obtain a good hold on the mount when thick photographs with a strong tendency to curl are to be held in position.

I have found that the disadvantages of uncdnnected flaps 4 may be avoided by attaching to each flap 4 on the face thereof adjacent the strip 3 a suitable retaining piece 5. This may be stuck on with any suitable adhesive. It holds the flaps 4 in the same plane with their edges adjacent or abutting, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 5. As will be readily seen from an inspection of this figure, the flaps present a smooth or unbroken face which enables them to take a secure hold upon the mount to which they are stuck.

I have found that it is advantageous, both in the finished product and in the process, to form the piece 5 by cutting it from the retaining strip 3. Thus in Fig. 4 I have shown a triangular piece 5 cut from the strip 3 so as to form an opening or notch 6 therein. The adhesive is located between the inner face of 5 and the upper or inner faces of flaps 4. I prefer to attach the piece 5 in substantial registry with the opening or notch 6 in the strip 3. This enables the piece 5 to be cut out without any waste of material and almost simultaneously stuck in place by a simple movement, thus lessening the work when making the pockets in large quantities. By having the piece 5 in substantial registry with opening or notch 6, the pocket may be pressed down when packed for shipping to two thicknesses of material. Moreover, the fact that the upper surface of 5 is slightly above the inner surfaces of flaps 4 and the edges of 5 are separated from the lines of fold, as shown in Fig. 5, tends, in cooperation with retaining strip 3, to cause a very slight bending force to each corner of the card and thus increase the retaining friction thereon. This is, of course, emphasized when the pockets are made of thicker or more rigid materials.

The blanks may be varied widely and the notches or openings 6 can be greatly changed. Moreover, the flaps 4 may be of any convenient length. Fig. 6 illustrates one of the other numerous modifications which may be made. In it the flaps 41 extend only to the edges 31 of the retaining strip 32, the piece 51 being of semi-circular shape. The lower faces, see Fig. 5, of flaps 4 are preferably coated with an adhesive 7. This may be in the form of gum, such as is used on postage stamps, which becomes sticky on moistening. In use the pockets are stuck by means of adhesive 7 to the desired mount or album page 8, the pockets being located in the positions 9 to hold the means photograph or before the latter is shaped, or it may be applied to the otherwise finished article. It could likewise be applied to the flaps 4 when they are in the intermediate stage shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A corner pocket comprising a retaining strip, a pair of supporting flaps extending from said strip to form therewith a corner-holding space, said flaps being in the same plane with their edges adjacent each other, and a piece for maintaining said flaps in said position, said piece being attached to each flap on the face of the latter which is nearest sald strip.

2. A corner pocket comprising a retaining strip, a pair of supporting flaps extending from said strip to form therewith a corner-holding space, and a piece for fastening said flaps together, said strip having a cut-out portion and said piece having the shape of said cut-out portion and being in substantial registry therewith.

3. A corner pocket comprising a retaining strip. having two edges at right angles to each other, flaps extending from said edges to form with said strip a corner retaining space, said flaps being in the same plane with their edges abutting, a piece at.- tached to said flaps on their faces which are nearest said strip for holding said flaps in said position, said strip having a cut-out portion and said piece having the shape of the cut-out portion and registering therewith, the faces of said flaps opposite said piece being coated with adhesive.

4. The process of making a corner pocket which comprises the steps of folding a blank having flaps and a retaining stripto bring said flaps under said strip, said flaps being brought into the same plane with their edges adjacent, cutting out a portion of said strip, thereby forming an opening in said strip, moving said portion on to the faces of said flaps which are nearest to said 4 strip and sticking it to said faces, said portion during said moving and sticking being in substantial registry with said openmg.

5. The process of making a' corner pocket, which comprises the steps of folding the corner flaps of a rectangular strip under menus the central part thereof, the folds being outer faces'of said corner flaps, said secat right angles and the edges of said folded, tion being in substantial registry with said corner flaps abutting, cutting out a section notch during said moving and sticking op- 10 of said central part to form a notch, moverations.

mg said section on to said folded corner Signed at Chicago, 111., this 23 day of flaps, sticking said section to said folded January, 1923.

earner flaps and coating adhesive on the MICHAEL MHJMOE. 

